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Putting extra holiday cookies and leftovers in the freezer will not only extend their shelf life — it could also…

Millions of tons of coal ash leftover from burning the planet’s dirtiest fossil fuel are sitting in ponds and landfills,…

As engineers and researchers continue to create new sustainable shipping vessels and alternative fuel sources, some groups are instead looking…

Household food waste is an important contributor to global food loss and waste and greenhouse gas emissions, but not much…

Multimaterial 3D printing enables makers to fabricate customized devices with multiple colors and varied textures. But the process can be…

As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida’s west coast with powerful winds and flooding rain, environmentalists are worried it could…

Washington State University scientists successfully tested a new way to produce sustainable jet fuel from lignin-based agricultural waste. Published in…

A box of food scraps that will be composted sits at a waste transfer station in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty…

Kayla Abe (pictured here) and her partner, chef David Murphy, co-founded Shuggie's Trash Pie in 2022, in part to address…

Of the first five U.S. states to implement food waste bans, only Massachusetts was successful at diverting waste away from…